Hummm...?
graywolf
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P. J. Alling wrote:
Actually the Honeywell deal, was the other way around. Pentax wanted
to get control of their own distribution in a major market. Without
Pentax Honeywell had nothing of any substance to sell...
graywolf wrote:
First Minolta bought Textronics which made them broke. Then Konica
bought Minolta which probably made them broke. Wonder who will buy
Konica now? <GRIN>
OTOH, probably the only reason that they are not available in Canada
is that the independent distributor went belly up. As soon as they
find a new one they will most likely be back. This kind of thing
happens in markets too small for the company to set up their own
distributorship. Even in the US, remember when Honeywell was the
Pentax distributor? When they went out of the photography business
Pentax had to take over themselves. The US was too big a market to
ignor.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
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P. J. Alling wrote:
Apparently Konolta is in worse shape than we thought. (Now here's
something to start a stampede away from a brand name).
Christian wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0510/05100302nokmdcs_4ca.asp
"Sales and distribution of Digital/35mm cameras, film scanners,
binoculars, photo meters, and their accessories will however cease
in Canada."
What did the Canucks do this time? ;-) "No soup for you!"
Christian
